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Proverbs 5:12–13

12 And say:

“How I have hated instruction,

And my heart despised correction!

13 I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,

Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!

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Proverbs 5:12–13 — The New International Version (NIV)

12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!

How my heart spurned correction!

13 I would not obey my teachers

or turn my ear to my instructors.

Proverbs 5:12–13 — English Standard Version (ESV)

12 and you say, “How I hated discipline,

and my heart despised reproof!

13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers

or incline my ear to my instructors.

Proverbs 5:12–13 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

12 And say, How have I hated instruction,

And my heart despised reproof;

13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,

Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Proverbs 5:12–13 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!

If only I had not ignored all the warnings!

13 Oh, why didn’t I listen to my teachers?

Why didn’t I pay attention to my instructors?

Proverbs 5:12–13 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 Then you will say, “I hated being told what to do!

I would not listen to correction!

13 I would not listen to my teachers

or pay attention to my instructors.

Proverbs 5:12–13 — American Standard Version (ASV)

12 And say, How have I hated instruction,

And my heart despised reproof;

13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers,

Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Proverbs 5:12–13 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

12 and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! 13 and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;

Proverbs 5:12–13 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 “Oh, how I hated discipline! 

How my heart despised correction! 

13 I didn’t listen to what my teachers said to me, 

nor did I keep my ear open to my instructors. 

Proverbs 5:12–13 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12 and you will say, “How I hated discipline,

and how my heart despised correction.

13 I didn’t obey my teachers

or listen closely to my mentors.

Proverbs 5:12–13 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

12 and you say, “Oh, how I hated discipline,

and my heart despised reproof!

13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers

or incline my ear to my instructors.

Proverbs 5:12–13 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 and say “How I hated discipline,

and I despised reproof!”

13 and “I did not listen to the voice of my teachers,

and I did not incline my ear to my instructors!

Proverbs 5:12–13 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 You will say, “How I hated to take advice!

How my heart refused to be corrected!

13 I would not obey my teachers.

I wouldn’t listen to those who taught me.

Proverbs 5:12–13 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

12 And you say, “How I have hated instruction!

And my heart spurned reproof!

13 “I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,

Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!


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